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From the Right · Watch · October 21, 2026

Oct 20-21 · Texas counties report record first-day early voting

The Megyn Kelly Show Opinion: Record-Breaking Texas Early Voting, Netflix Shake-Up, Indiana Dem on Drunken Rant: AM Update 10/21

Opinion piece: we grade the facts it relies on, not the opinion.

Grade B (82/100). County records, polls, Musk money

Lehrer score 82/100 (−18 unnamed source/unsourced figure: Musk donation figure given with no source: “[4:02] The billionaire pouring $158 million into the Senate”). Fixed scale: 90+ A, 80s B, 70s C, 60s D, under 60 F → B.

Daily update; Texas segment [1:59] to [5:10] graded. Poll credited to CBS News/YouGov and RCP [2:25]; county figures from WFAA. Unsourced: [4:02] $158 million.

Agrees: Record first-day turnout; Harris County 104,000

Splits: Most numbers: Tarrant, Dallas, Collin, Denton and the polls

  • Met. Rule: do nothing I cannot defend (poll and county figures attributed)
  • Broken. Rule: no anonymous sources or unattributed figures except on rare and monumental occasions ([4:02] The billionaire pouring $158 million into the Senate)

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